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But, what makes things worse is something I touched on in Monday's above-cited article: Best Buy founder Richard Schulze, who originally wanted to take the company private, is back in the picture as chairman emeritus of the board. He'll likely end up with what amounts to three board seats, as he has nominated his old CEO (Brad Anderson) and COO (Al Lenzmeier) to join him.

The business angle is bad enough. But how soon we forget the extracurricular turmoil of last summer that Schulze only made worse.

That's the kicker for me. That's the thing I just can't get by. I can't understand why not one member of the media has the guts to bring up the obvious.

Management upheaval continued at Best Buy, as its founder, Richard Schulze, said Thursday he would leave the board earlier than expected . . .

It is the latest personnel retreat for the retailer stemming from the abrupt resignation of the former chief executive Brian J. Dunn in April. Last month, the board reported that Mr. Dunn had had an inappropriate relationship with a female employee. An internal investigation revealed that Mr. Schulze had known about the relationship but did not tell the board about it.

Now, with that said, the
Times did note that Schulze might have bolted early because of a disagreement with the board and management over Best Buy's strategic direction.

He should have been kicked out right alongside Dunn for what happened with the female staffer. So, maybe he wasn't, but the timing was such that a reasonable person could connect Schulze's departure with the fact that he acted improperly because he had knowledge of Dunn's relationship, but did nothing about it. At the time, it appeared that Best Buy, moving swiftly and transparently, was cleaning things up, first by ousting Dunn and then dealing with Schulze.

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